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From: mikey@trsvax
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Dongles - a Nasty Software Maker Sp
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 09:58:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 09:58:00 1985
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Nf-From: trsvax!mikey    Jul 25 08:58:00 1985




If you're going through all the trouble to protect your software with a
dongle, a lot of people will probably go through the effort to look elsewhere.
Personally, I think backup protection S*CKS!  I'll admit, that
the way you described your product, you do need something.  Are you using
any kind of custom interface?  Give the customer something in hardware and
put the software in ROM.  Even if it is just another RS-232 or a bi-directional
parallel port, do something to let you put at least a lot of the code on the 
board.  Sure, by putting drivers and such on a ROM it's almost the same as
a dongle, but it's less offensive to a customer.  Besides, if you put it ALL
in ROM, then the customer only needs a small program on disk and even has
more room on diskettes for his DATA and programs.  If you're dealing with 
a customer that wants a minimum system on stage, this would even be a big
plus.

mikey at trsvax

These are definately my own personal opinions, and may even conflict with
everybody else.  Personally, software protection is the best adventure series
since Scott Adams.